What country are you from and do you call it 1) elementary, junior high, high school 2) elementary, middle school, high school, 3) primary, ???, secondary? (lemmy.ca)

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Fyi: it's called post secondary because, I think, UK calls it primary, secondary, and after that is post secondary.

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[-] towerful@programming.dev 5 points 7 months ago

Uk.
Its primary school then secondary school.
Primary school is 6 years "full time" (5/6 years old to 11/12 years old). There are pre-school and "reception" years.
Secondary school is 5 years, with an optional extra 2 years.
Anything beyond secondary school is uni/college/apprenticeship/life

I found secondary school year 6/7 to cover the majority of the foundation of 2 years at Uni (ie, maths, physics, chemistry had a huge amount of repitition before building on it and specialising).

Heres more info:
https://cdn.roostermarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/school-years-1.png

[-] Devi@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

Primary is 4-11.

The extra 2 years are no longer optional. You can choose where you do them but you're not allowed to just not.

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My part of the country "pre-school" is called play school. Not sure if that is a national thing though.

I've also never heard this post secondary thing OP is on about.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Post secondary is university, college, community college, etc. I hear it all the time on US News.

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

I understand the concept but you said you thought it was used in the UK, I have never heard it used in the UK before was my point :)

[-] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Only England and Wales though. Scotland and Northern Ireland work differently. And some areas of England, because of course we can't keep it simple.

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